Maria Raquel Freire
Biography
Maria Raquel Freire, PhD in International Relations from the University of Kent, UK, is researcher at the Centre for Social Studies and Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra. She was the Coordinator of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence PRONE, and held a Jean Monnet Chair, at the University of Coimbra. She is currently involved in the research projects ProTest (Horizon Europe) and CARSI (Marie Curie Staff Exchange). She was a visiting professor and/or researcher at the European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy; Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA (FLAD Visiting Professor); Osaka University, Japan; KULeuven, Belgium, among others. Her research interests focus on peace studies, foreign policy, international security, European Union, and Eurasia. She has published extensively on these topics.
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Latest Publications
Article in Scientific journal
Freire, Maria Raquel (2026), "A diplomacia de Trump para a Rússia e a Ucrânia: entre narrativas e práticas assimétricas", Relações Internacionais, 89, 53-67
Book Chapter
Freire, Maria Raquel; Simão, Licinia (2026), A Evolução do Imaginário Geopolítico da União Europeia em Relação ao Leste Europeu, in . Camisão, A. P. Brandão, & P. V. Maior (org.), O Estado da União Europeia em Tempos Conturbados. Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 330-351
Article in Scientific journal
Fazendeiro, Bernardo Teles; Freire, Maria Raquel; Nascimento, Daniela (2026), "Why the OSCE endures: the Helsinki Final Act at 50 in illiberal central Asia", International Affairs, 67
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